Liezietsu does a flip, invites former friends turned foes

Dimapur, Nov. 16 (EMN): The beleaguered president of the Naga People’s Front party Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Thursday made an appeal to all his former comrades who ‘love the party’ to return on account of the forthcoming general convention of the party.
” The General Convention of NPF is going to be held on 22nd Nov., 2017 at Khuochiezie, (Kohima Local Ground). I extend invitation to all former NPF leaders who left the Party because of the confusion created by some undesirable elements. This is a call to all leaders who really love this Party and its symbol ‘Cock’. For them it will be nothing new but home coming only. Make the right decision at the right time and join me before the General Convention for a better tomorrow,” stated the press statement from the president.
The changed stance comes a few days after similar words were echoed by some of the party MLAs loyal to him on the last day of their group’s sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat in Kohima. Earlier they gave the impression that those who were expelled and suspended were no longer welcome and the party would instead try fresh faces for the forthcoming elections.
He also stated that it was “unfortunate and shameful” for the NPF party to have internal problems for almost the whole tenure and many NPF leaders had left the party without having proper understanding about the intention of those “forces” that created the problem.
“I know that all those leaders would not leave the party if only they know the black magic behind all these games. ”
He further stated that as human beings, everyone commits mistakes and make wrong decisions, but those mistakes should not drive one away from the” truth out of super-consciousness”.
“…there is always time to take the right path again after realisation of such mistakes,” he added.
After a crises in the party that forced Liezietsu to step down from the chair of the chief minister in July, he currently commands the loyalty of 1 MP and 9 MLAs from his party that has 38 MLAs and 2 MPs elected on the NPF party ticket.
The remaining are in the group led by former chief minister and MP Neiphiu Rio who also conducted a similar general convention in September.